Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword
Followsteps1through7in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage51,typingyourpasswordtogetaccess
totheThinkPadSetupprogram.
Tochangeorremovetheuserharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:
•Tochangetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then
typethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredto
verifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.Press
Entertoexitfr omtheSetupNoticewindow .Theuserharddiskpasswordwillbechanged.
•Toremovetheharddiskpassword,typethecurr entpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then
leavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andpressEnter.ASetup
Noticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddisk
passwordwillberemoved.
TochangeorremovetheUser+Masterharddiskpasswords,selectUserHDPorMasterHDP.
IfyouchooseUserHDP,dothefollowing:
•Tochangetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordorthecurrentmaster
harddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Thentypethenewuserharddiskpasswordin
theEnterNewPasswor deld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNew
Passwordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetup
Noticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordischanged.
•Toremovetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrent
Passwordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,and
pressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Theuserharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
IfyouchooseMasterHDP,dothefollowing:
•Tochangethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThentypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPassword
eld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.Press
Enter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.The
masterharddiskpasswordischanged.
•Toremovethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter
CurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewP asswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,
andpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.
Boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
Supervisorpassword
ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkPadSetup.Withoutit,noonecan
changethecongurationofthecomputer.Itprovidesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:
•Ifasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkP adSetup
program.Unauthorizeduserscannotgetaccesstocongurationdata.
•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstoacomputereveniftheuserof
thatcomputerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.
•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:
–Deletingthepower-onpassword
–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword
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